Polybar issues

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@storm sable

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yes

[brazen garden]

there's .local but no bin inside it

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if bin doesn't exist then nvm. Make a text file with the name launch-polybar.sh

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already have one

no worries

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

launch-polybar.sh — start Polybar under KDE Plasma 6 with a custom KWin rule

1) Define a unique class name for this bar:

CLASS_NAME="PolybarDock"

2) Kill any existing instances (optional):

killall -q polybar
sleep 0.5

3) Launch Polybar with that class:

-r : reload on config changes

--reload : same

--name : set WM_CLASS name (both instance and class)

polybar -r --reload --name "$CLASS_NAME" reactor &

4) Wait briefly for the X11 window to appear:

sleep 0.5

5) Define the rule ID and config file:

RULE_ID="polybar-dock-rule"
RULE_FILE="$HOME/.config/kwinrulesrc"

6) Write the rule into kwinrulesrc via kwriteconfig5:

For each property: "true,Force" means “enable and force it”

kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key Description "Polybar dock" # 0
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key ExactWMClass "$CLASS_NAME" # 1
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key BorderLess "true,Force" # 2
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key SkipTaskbar "true,Force" # 3
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key SkipPager "true,Force" # 4
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key KeepAbove "true,Force" # 5
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key NoFocus "true,Force" # 6

7) Tell KWin to reload its configuration:

qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure

exit 0

[brazen garden]

holy

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Princess
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[storm sable]

idk if this works, found it on an arch forum

[brazen garden]

can you put it in a codeblock please lol

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yes it's a executable

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use these at the beginning and end

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yes on it

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`

3 of them

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#
# launch-polybar.sh — start Polybar under KDE Plasma 6 with a custom KWin rule

# 1) Define a unique class name for this bar:
CLASS_NAME="PolybarDock"

# 2) Kill any existing instances (optional):
killall -q polybar
sleep 0.5

# 3) Launch Polybar with that class:
#    -r : reload on config changes
#    --reload : same
#    --name : set WM_CLASS name (both instance and class)
polybar -r --reload --name "$CLASS_NAME" reactor &

# 4) Wait briefly for the X11 window to appear:
sleep 0.5

# 5) Define the rule ID and config file:
RULE_ID="polybar-dock-rule"
RULE_FILE="$HOME/.config/kwinrulesrc"

# 6) Write the rule into kwinrulesrc via kwriteconfig5:
#    For each property: "true,Force" means “enable and force it”
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key Description      "Polybar dock"                                         # 0
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key ExactWMClass     "$CLASS_NAME"                                          # 1
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key BorderLess       "true,Force"                                           # 2
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key SkipTaskbar      "true,Force"                                           # 3
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key SkipPager        "true,Force"                                           # 4
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key KeepAbove        "true,Force"                                           # 5
kwriteconfig5 --file "$RULE_FILE" --group "$RULE_ID" --key NoFocus          "true,Force"                                           # 6

# 7) Tell KWin to reload its configuration:
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure                                                

exit 0

[brazen garden]

awesomeee

[storm sable]

even I'm not sure if this will work, I just found it on a forum post

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launch.sh: line 27: kwriteconfig5: command not found
launch.sh: line 28: kwriteconfig5: command not found
launch.sh: line 29: kwriteconfig5: command not found
launch.sh: line 30: kwriteconfig5: command not found
launch.sh: line 31: kwriteconfig5: command not found
launch.sh: line 32: kwriteconfig5: command not found
launch.sh: line 33: kwriteconfig5: command not found
launch.sh: line 36: qdbus: command not found
[caf@archlinux polybar]$```

[storm sable]

chmod +x ~/.local/launch-polybar.sh

hmm thought as much

wait

[brazen garden]

same as before

[storm sable]

btw do u use Plasma X11 or pure Plasma

[brazen garden]

wayland

:/

I can boot into X11 but idk what will break lol

[storm sable]

that can't be right

cuz polybar doesn't even support Wayland

hmm must be XWayland

you should try X11 once, it won't break anything

I have a really janky idea to force the polybar to float at specific screen coordinates

but it'll be really bad

[brazen garden]

I think I might give up lol

and just suffer

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Wayland actually really sucks

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yup lol

[storm sable]

it was the only reason I stopped using KDE entirely

[storm sable]

anyways that was the issue afterall, wayland

so if you wanna really solve it, move to X11 and it'll work like a charm

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I hope lol

new issues in X11 lol

the border works, but is no longer transparent

and wofi is broken so I can't open anything